United States, 39.76, -98.5Payne, John Howard, 1791-18521842John Howard Payne writes to President John Tyler on behalf of himself and some of his friends. In particular, he asks Tyler to resolve the case of a Cherokee man named David Taylor. Taylor and other Cherokees are still owed payment under the Treaty of New Echota (concluded on December 29, 1835). Payne explains that these payments were never made because funds supplied to the commission under the 17th article of the treaty were exhausted and the commission ended with half of the claims still pending. According to Payne, Congress has recommended the revival of the commission. He says that such measures should not interfere with any new treaty proceedings since a settlement with the Eastern Cherokees, who want nothing to do with Cherokee Chief John Ross, will be more readily made without mention of negotiations with him. Payne also believes that the Cherokees remaining east will be easily persuaded to sell their lands and amicably remove west of the Mississippi River, to the area allotted for the Choctaw Indians, once their claims are settled. Payne goes on to give an account of his history with the Cherokees. He discusses how he befriended Chief Ross and how this provoked the anger of the Georgia settlers. Payne mentions that, at one point, he and Ross were seized and confined by the Georgia Guard, but he says that his relationship with the chief eventually soured because Ross was ungrateful of Payne's assistance in promoting the Cherokee cause.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegjpa010engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, John Howard Payne Letter Books, box Volume I - 1842, folder N/A, document N/A.United States--Politics and governmentCherokee Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--ClaimsCherokee Indians--RelocationRoss, John, 1790-1866Tyler, John, 1790-1862[Letter] 1842, Washington, [D.C.] to President [John Tyler], Washington City / J[ohn] H[oward] P[ayne]Text